Neutron cross section standards are important in the measurement and evaluation of all other neutron reaction cross sections. Not many cross sections can be defined as absolute - most are measured ...

The Charged Particle Cross Section Database is intended for medical radioisotope production and for diagnostic radioisotopes and monitor reactions. The database contains evaluated cross sections for ...

Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way. Imagine two billiard balls rolling toward one another. The likelihood of a collision depends on easy-to-grasp ...

"The probability (per unit area) of a nucleus capturing a neutron at a given kinetic energy is called neutron-capture cross section," Thanos Stamatopoulos, first author of the paper, told Phys.org.